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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Senegal’s capital Dakar, on the first leg of a 10-day trip to Africa. During the visit to seven African nations, the top U.S. diplomat will call for reforms to spur economic growth and strengthen democratic institutions. The State Department says Clinton will meet Wednesday with Senegal’s new […]

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped seven members of the Iranian Red Crescent relief group in western Libya. The Libyan Red Crescent said its Iranian counterparts were nabbed Monday on their way to their hotel in the city of Benghazi. Libya is appealing to the gunmen to free their hostages, saying the Iranians helped the rebels during […]

The United Nations General Assembly is to meet Thursday to discuss a Saudi resolution expressing grave concern with the violence in Syria and condemning the Security Council’s lack of action. The draft resolution also raises alarms about the Syrian government’s threat to use chemical weapons against what the Syrians call foreign invaders. It calls on […]

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that imposes new sanctions on Iran’s energy and petrochemical sectors, to prevent that country from circumventing international penalties for its nuclear program. Additionally, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against one Chinese and one Iraqi financial institution accused of doing business with sanctioned Iranian banks. In […]

Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen set an Olympic record Tuesday by winning her second gold medal at the London Games, adding the 200-meter individual medley title to a world-record performance in the 400-meter individual medley. Ye’s second victory comes after her unprecedented performance Saturday in the women’s 400-meter individual medley that sparked suspicions of doping. U.S. […]

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps has broken one of the most coveted Olympic records, winning two more medals at the London games to set an all-time Olympic mark of 19. Phelps won a silver medal Tuesday in the 200-meter butterfly and a gold in the 4X200-meter freestyle relay with teammates Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer and Ricky […]

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps has broken one of the most coveted Olympic records, winning two more medals at the London games to set an all-time Olympic mark of 19. Phelps won a silver medal Tuesday in the 200-meter butterfly and a gold in the 4X200-meter freestyle relay with teammates Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer and Ricky […]

A U.S. Judge has ordered al-Qaida, the Taliban and Iran to pay $6 billion to survivors and relatives of 47 victims of September 11 terrorist attacks in New York. Manhattan Federal Magistrate Frank Maas issued a largely symbolic ruling Tuesday. The compensations are payable to 110 survivors and estates of 47 victims who died in […]

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is in Israel, where he denies reports that he is there to talk about potential plans for a preemptive attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Panetta said Israeli media have wrongly characterized Wednesday’s upcoming talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. He said the discussions will be […]

Six people have been killed in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region during a protest against high prices. Officials say the deaths occurred Tuesday in the regional capital Nyala, but they did not say how. Several other people were injured. Earlier, witnesses said police fired tear gas at the demonstrators who burned tires and called for “the […]